Local History Services Office at the Minnesota Historical Society has received several calls in the last couple of months about whether museums should switch over to LED lighting, as suggested by energy and lighting consultants. This question was put to the Society’s own museum lighting designer, Rich Rummel, who has studied LED lighting for museums. His [...]

The Sunday March 21, 2010, St. Paul Pioneer Press carried an interview between Dan Carr of “The Collaborative” and Gov. Tim Pawlenty. In the interview, Gov. Pawlenty makes a statement that “we have a government that is kind of a 1940s industrial model in a world that is becoming an iPad. Those two things are going [...]

In Key Statements for Success we looked at the need to keep organic statements up to date. In the 1920s and onward when people were just beginning to learn about history work, it was important to thoroughly expound on that work. Key statements evolved over the 20th century. Today there are often three key statements, and [...]

The following was gleaned from a January discussion on the FS-LIST listserv for field service workers: The theft of collections is an issue for many local historical organizations. There are other security risks that can be addressed in a more formal risk assessment from a variety of local resources. However, here are some considerations that [...]